Word: toring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Indo-China Governor General Georges Catroux took too long to make up his mind. By the time Catroux had decided to join De Gaulle, Vichy had replaced him with Admiral Jean Decoux, who last week handed the colony over to Japan (see p. 27). General Catroux hurried to London, tore three of the five stars from his sleeve and reported to De Gaulle (who wears only two stars). It was General Catroux who received De Gaulle's congratulations as the conqueror of Syria last week...
...R.A.F. flew over Europe in V-formation-and it was so noted in official communiqués. In Belgium the Flemish composer R. A. F. Verhulst became a national celebrity when posters advertising the performance of one of his operas featured his four initials. (The Germans caught on and tore the posters down...
...tried to turn the Bruxellois against him by imposing a fine of 5,000,000 francs on the city. It only increased the Burgomaster's popularity. François van de Meulebroeck is 64. The Nazis decreed that no burgomaster could be more than 60, arrested him. They tore down posters of his proclamation of protest. In the spirit of his predecessor, the Bruxellois pasted them up again. Last week the two Belgian fliers who escaped to England (see p. 17) brought a copy of the proclamation with them...
...time since 1930. It was a week in which Leon needed to have all his wits about him. Instead, he got into a tiff with Chrysler Corp., infuriated cotton Congressmen, got a very bad press, and wound up with a draft of a price-fixing law, which Congress promptly tore to pieces...
...leader of the London County Council he tore down "undoubtedly beautiful" but shaky Waterloo Bridge amid loud outcries, built a bridge that could be crossed. He also tore down slums, ran up housing projects, created a Green Belt around London. Morrison, says Author Strauss, would "cheerfully die at the barricades to defend the sewage system of London." Mrs. Strauss admits that Herbert's "dictatorial methods" are justified by results, but she cannot forgive him the remarks he made during the Popular Front fight...